Anytime there are six horses across the track at the finish line, racing fans know they have just witnessed a great horse race, and that’s what they saw in the 28th edition of the $325,000 Dan Patch Stakes Friday, Aug. 13 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, presented by Brittany Farms. Catch the Fire and Scott Zeron […]
Little Rocket Man, Tellmeaboutit vie for Dan Patch title
Harrah’s Hoosier Park will host the 28th edition of the track’s signature event, the $325,000 Dan Patch Stakes Friday, Aug. 13. The race, carded as the 13th on the card, has drawn a full field of 10, including two Indiana sired standouts Little Rocket Man and Tellmeaboutit. Little Rocket Man has the most wins this […]
First stakes payments due Monday
Indiana horsemen and horsewomen are gearing up for the 2021 racing season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. With that comes stakes payments and the first round of deadlines are set for Monday, Feb. 15. Several of the Open stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park will have a nomination payment due. Facilitated by the Hambletonian Society, stakes on […]
Little Rocket Man skyrockets to Haston win
Most of the attention was on the 27th edition of the $225,000 Dan Patch Stakes, but it was Indiana sired Little Rocket Man that stole the show in the 24th edition of the $39,000 Gregg Haston Memorial. The race is tradition along with the Dan Patch Stakes and is held on Dan Patch Night each […]
Dan Patch Stakes draw Tuesday
The 27th edition of the $225,000 Dan Patch Stakes is set for Friday, Aug. 14. The race, which began during the inaugural season of pari-mutuel racing in the state of Indiana in 1994, has drawn 34 nominations for older pacing horses and geldings. The Dan Patch started as an Invitational with a purse of $40,000. […]
2020 Stakes Schedule posted at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Harrah’s Hoosier Park has posted its 2020 Stakes Schedule. The program includes the prestigious Breeders Crown with eliminations set for Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 returning for the finals Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. A total of 29 stakes, not including the Breeders Crown or Indiana Sires Stakes is set […]
ISA Magazine arriving this week
The October issue of the Indiana Standardbred Magazine will arrive in homes this week. The issue includes several ads from breeders in the state as they prepare to send their yearlings to the Hoosier Classic Sale Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. All ads are placed in rotation on the ISA Website’s homepage. Also, […]
Magnificent performance by Lather Up in Dan Patch
He was the favorite and he looked the part in the post parade. Lather Up and Montrell Teague proved why they are at the top of the list this season for pacing horses, rallying home in a track-record tying performance to win the 26th edition of the $330,000 Dan Patch Stakes. Lather Up got away […]
Lather Up heads field for Dan Patch Stakes
(Some information from Harrah’s Hoosier Park press release) Once again in 2019, the top names in the pacing world are headed to Harrah’s Hoosier Park for the 26th edition of the $330,000 Dan Patch Stakes set for Friday, Aug. 9. Nine horses will vie for the title in Indiana Standardbred racing’s richest race. A student […]
Twenty six nominated to Dan Patch Stakes
A total of 26 older horses and geldings have been nominated to Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s signature race, the $325,000 Dan Patch Stakes set for Friday, Aug. 9. The race, now in its 26th edition, kicks off several months of Grand Circuit style action at the Anderson, Ind. seven-eighths mile oval. Included on the list of […]